Baling-press



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. O. E. WHITMAN.

BALING PRESS.

No. 363,269. Patented Mayl'Y, 1887.

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BALING PRESS.

(No Model.)

No. 363,269. Patented May 17 1887" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. WHITMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BALING-PRESS.

QPIEICIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,269, dated May17, 1887.

Application filed December 30, 1886. Serial No. 223,021. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E.WIIITMAN, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which Figure I is an end View of myimproved press. Fig. II is a top view. Figs. IV and V are detaillongitudinal vertical sections taken on line IV V, Fig. II, Fig. IVshowing the traverser in its rear position, and Fig. V showing it in itsforward position. Figs. III, VI, VII, VIII, and IX are detail viewsillustrating modifications.

My invention relates to an improved device for imparting power to thetraverser of a ballng-press; and my invention consists in features ofnovelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents part of the body of abaling-press, and 2 the traverser. 3 represents a pitman, pivoted at 4to the traverser, jointed at 5, and connected by its outer end at 7 to agear-wheel, 8, or to two of such wheels, as shown in Figs. I and II.

The wheels are secured to shafts 9, journaled in boxes 10, and may bedriven by any suitable connection with the power-shaft 11. I have shownthem connected to the power shaft through means of pinions 12 on acountershaft, 13, the pinions meshing with the cogwheels, and by meansof cog-wheels 14 on the outer ends of the shaft 13, which mesh intopinions 15 on the main driving-shaft 11, the main shaft being providedwith a driving-pulley, 16. The object of this gearing is to regulate thespeed and power of the press, but which forms no essential part of myinvention.

Referring now to Figs. IV and V, it will be seen that as the wheels 8turn in the direction indicated by arrows the traverser will be movedback and forth in the body of the press. In the absence of any otherconnection between the traverser and the wheels 8,it will be understoodthat the sweep or movement of the traverser would depend wholly upon thedistance between the shafts 9,0n which the wheels 8 are secured, and thepoint of connection 7 between the pitman and the wheels. As this throwis not sufficient without having wheels To accomplish the throw of thetraverser with a wheel or wheels sufficiently small to be practical in abaling-press is the object of my invention; and I accomplish this end bymeans of an arm, 17, connected at one end to the pitman 3, preferably atthe joint, though it may be connected to one side of the joint and connected by its other end to a fixed object such, for instance, as theframe of the machine, as shown at 18.

Now, it will be understood that as the traverser moves back, the arm 17will force the pitman into the position shown in Fig. IV,

thus accelerating the movement of the trav= erser, whereby aconsiderably greater movement of it is obtained. It will thus be readilyunderstood how the arm causes the additional movement of the traverserat each revolution of the cog-wheels, the position that the traverserand pitman would occupy in the absence of the arm 17 being shown bydotted lines in Fig. IV. Besides producing this additional stroke of thetraverser, it also accelerates the speed of the traverser at the end ofits backward stroke and at the commencement of its forward stroke.

Instead of using the cog-wheels 8,the cranks 19 (shown in Fig. VI) couldbe secured to the shafts 9 and connected at their inner ends to theouter end of V the pitman. The shafts 9 could then be rotated by anysuitable form of gearing, or, if preferred, by a sweep; or, instead ofusing the cranks 19, eccentrics 20 (such as are shown in Fig. VII) couldbe used, the eccentrics being connected to the shafts 9 and to thepitman. Still another form is seen in Fig. VIII, where is shown adisk,21,which may be secured to the shafts 9, or one of them, and which wouldbeprovided with wrist-pins 22, to which the outerends of the pitmanwould be made fast. Either one or two of these disks could be used.

In Fig. IX is shown a crank, 23, which might be formed on shaft 9, andto which the outer end of the pitman could be secured. The shaft couldbe turned by any suitable means, either by gearing, as shown in'Figs. I,II, III, and IV, or by means of the sweep 24, as shown in Fig. III, thesweep having a continuous movement.

I'claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a baling-press, of atraverser,j ointed pitman connected to the traverser at one end, meansfor imparting movement to the traverser, and to which the pitman isconnected at the other end, and means connecting the pitman to a fixedobject for the purpose of accelerating the movement of the traverser.

2. The combination, in a baling-press, of a traverser,jointed pitmanconnected to the trav- -erser at one end, means for imparting movementto the traverser, andto which the pitman is connected at its other end,and an arm connected at one end to the pitman at the joint and connectedat its other end to the frame of the machine, for the purpose setforth.

3. In a balingpress, the combination, with a traverser, meansforimparting movement to the traverser,and a jointed connection betweenthe traverser and means for imparting the movement, of a means foraccelerating the movement of the traverser by throwing the jointedconnection out of line.

4. In a baling-press, the combination of a traverser, j ointed pitmanconnected to the traverser at its inner end, a driving-shaft, means forconnecting the outer end of the pitman to said shaft, and an arm forconnecting the pitman to a fixed object for the purpose of acceleratingthe movement of the traverser.

5. In a baling-press, the combination of a traverser, jointed pitmanconnected to the traverser at its inner end, cog-Wheel to which thepitman is connected at its outer end, drivingshaft to which thecog-wheel is secured, and an arm connecting the pitman to a fixed point,for the purpose of accelerating the movement of the traverser.

6. In a baling-press, the combination of a traverser, jointed pitmanconnected to the traverser at its inner end, driving-shaft, cog-wheelsecured to the shaft, and to which the pitman is secured at its outerend, and an arm pivoted to the pitman at the joint at one end, andpivoted at its other end to the frame of the machine, substantially asand for the purpose set forth. 1

CHARLES E. WHITMAN.

